MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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